In case you were wondering… and reading my old posts… yes, we are AI-ing. Toria is here, Daniel and Brandon, and neighbor S. But they don’t need me… so I’m working on other projects. At least in between the times I’m standing over the puppies going… “ahhhh…” and “ooooooh…” and putting wayward puppies back into…
Category: Animals
Wordless Wednesday – “Seeing His Future”
This calf is seeing what’s in his future… **** May 18, 2010 Going Great Guns May 18, 2009 Fashion Maven May 18, 2008 No entry.
All Growed Up
It was back in 2009… I test drove a pretty little thing. I even worked her behind some cattle on a cool and windy day. Well, lookie who came to our branding. Two years older. Acting a little more calm… Dragging calves to the fire like it was nothin’… Ol’ Wild Blue Eyes is acting…
After the Show Show
The thing about this past branding… When we’re done branding and eating… We’re NOT finished. There’s one big obstacle left called, in usual imaginative Wyoming terms, “The Big Grey Ridge”. So everyone that has brought a pony, and has the time to help, joins in. The first part is easy. The second part can be…
Teams
The guys rose early and went to help a neighbor brand. I slept in. I admit it. I slept in. Until 7:30 when my eyes flew open in a panic! What was I forgetting???? Nothing. Nada. I rolled over and grabbed my library book and SPENT THE NEXT HOUR IN BED READING. I admit that…
First Branding
Can you spell sorrel? The red horses win! Out here we call ’em sorrels… back east, they might be called chestnut. Either way, they’re red! (YES… for you detail oriented people… one is a paint and one is a bay, but at first glance!) The day is over. It was CHILLY, though it was predicted…
Get Ready
Ready or not, here it comes. Today I’d get something done, then lay down for a bit, and then get up and cook some more. Thank goodness I went with Matt’s suggestion of Frito Pie for branding again. I did it last year and it was very easy… I’m so glad I’m not having…
Questions and Answers – May 2011 Edition part two
Angie wrote: I am so curious about the Mills place. I’ve read some archives but really want to know why is it called the Mills place and how long have you been working on it? Angie, we bought it from the Mills family about six years ago. We’ve only been working on the house these past…
Questions and Answers – May 2011 Edition
Wonderful! Nothing like a chance of winning to bring out the entries! Way to go! Let’s get to it! Taylor wrote: I have a couple questions. 1: Where did the name the Badlands come from? 2: I don’t know a lot about dog breeding. Might some of Dally’s puppies be sable, because of Elsa? Or will…
Stupid Turkeys
These are turkeys. Trust me. I know. They are NOT bulls in the neighbor’s place… they are Vagrant Delinquent Escapees from our pasture where they rightfully belong eating OUR green grass, not the neighbor’s. Therefore, they are Turkeys with a capital T. Especially since Vernon had already repaired the broken fence and got them out…
Done
Well, well… We did it. Four trips to Shaw Pasture with varying amounts of cows and their calves and our yearling steers. It is a LONGLONG trip with baby calves. I puttered around on Google Earth and figured it was 7.5 miles *roughly*. Roughly being the operative term here… baby calves don’t necessarily walk in…
Today on the Ranch
Wow. Just face it. It takes us a good six hours to travel to that pasture and mother ’em up. We paired ’em out of the pasture and took them to the house about a mile away. That took a while after saddling our horses at nine as both boys had to top off a…